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Boolean text search
You can also perform advanced searches, using boolean 
operators or wildcards. The following elements can be 
used:
ÖThese operators can also be used for Logical filtering 
with the “matches” condition selected, see 
“Applying a 
logical filter” on page 345.
The rating slider
Using the rating slider above the Results list, you can 
specify rating settings for your files, ranging from 1 to 5. 
This makes it possible to exclude certain files from the 
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Managing files in the Results list
•You can move/copy a file from the Results list to an-
other location by clicking on it and dragging it to another 
folder in the Define Locations section.
You will be asked whether you want to copy or move the file to the new 
location.
•You can change the display order in the Results list by 
clicking on a column heading, and dragging that heading 
to another position in the display.
•To delete a file, right-click it in the list and select Delete...

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•To make a selection range, move the mouse over the 
upper part of the waveform, so that it turns into a pencil, 
click and drag.
•To remove the selection, drag both handles all the way 
to the left.
Previewing MIDI files
To preview a MIDI file (.mid), you first have to select an 
output device from the Output pop-up menu.
•“Auto Play New Results Selection” and “Align Beats to 
Project” work as for audio files, see above.
Previewing MIDI loops
To preview a MIDI loop file, click the Play...

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Previewing presets using the Memo Recorder
The Memo Recorder function continually repeats a given 
sequence of notes as a loop.
To use the Memo Recorder, proceed as follows:
1.On the Sequence Mode pop-up menu, select Memo 
Recorder.
2.Enter the notes via the MIDI or computer keyboard.
The Play button is automatically activated and you will instantly hear the 
notes you play with the preset settings applied.
•When you stop playing notes and wait for 2 seconds, 
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The Filters section
With the MediaBay, you can perform very refined file 
searches. You have two possibilities: Logical or Attribute 
Filtering.
ÖYou can also save your filter settings in a MediaBay 
Aspect, allowing for a quick recall of particular searches, 
see 
“MediaBay aspects” on page 351.
Applying a logical filter
Logical filtering is similar to working with the Logical Edi-
tor, see the chapter “The Logical Editor, Transformer, and 
Input Transformer” on page 431.
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Advanced text search
You can also perform very advanced text searches using 
boolean operators. Proceed as follows:
1.Select the desired location.
2.Activate Logical filtering by clicking on the Logical but-
ton at the top of the Filters section.
A condition line appears.
3.Select the desired attribute on the Attributes pop-up 
menu, or leave the setting on “Any Attribute”.
4.Make sure that the condition is set to “matches”.
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•Selected attribute values in the same column form an 
OR condition.
This means that files must be tagged according to either one or the other 
attribute value to be displayed in the Results list.
ÖNote that this is not true for the Character attribute, 
which always forms an AND condition, see below.
•Attribute values in different columns form an AND con-
dition.
This means that files must be tagged according to all these attribute val-
ues to be shown in the Results list.
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•Click the Defined button to show a configured set of at-
tributes for the selected media type.
In this mode, you can choose which attributes are displayed (regardless 
of whether corresponding values are available for the selected files). For 
more information on how to set up the list of displayed attributes, see 
“Managing the attribute lists” on page 350.
Editing attributes (tagging)
The search functions, especially the Attribute filter, become 
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About the color scheme used in the Attribute Inspector
The colors used for the displayed values in the Attributes 
Inspector have the following meaning:
Information on the meaning of the colors used in the At-
tribute Inspector are also displayed in a tooltip when you 
move the mouse pointer over one of the color icons below 
the Attribute Inspector.
Editing attributes in the Results list
You can also edit attributes directly in the Results list. This 
allows you for example to assign...

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•When you specify attribute values for a file that is write-
protected, this is reflected in the Pending Tags column 
next to the Write Protection column in the Results list.
Note that if you rescan the MediaBay content and a media file on your 
hard disk has changed since the last scan, all pending tags for this file 
will be lost.
•If a file has pending tags, and you want to write the cor-
responding attributes to the file, you need to remove the 
write protection first, and then...